-- 2019-05-25 17:05:59
Bangladesh has made significant progress in access to electricity as its electrification coverage reached 93 per cent, thanks to the stronger political commitment of the present Awami League governmen...
-- 2019-05-25 16:58:55
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a first grader under Baniachong upazila in Habiganj last week. The accused, a resident of Umarpur village, is a class VIII student at K...
-- 2019-05-25 16:51:51
President Abdul Hamid will return home on Sunday after completing his health check-up. The head of the state left Dhaka on May 15 for London and Germany for health check-up and treatment of eyes. A...
-- 2019-05-25 16:49:56
Ruling Awami League's Bandarban municipality unit vice-president Chathoi Marma was found dead on Saturday, three days after he had been kidnapped. The 55-year-old's body was recovered from a forest a...
-- 2019-05-25 16:35:41
Three people have been killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and an autorickshaw in Brahmanbaria’s Bijoynagar Upazila. They were all passengers of the autoricksha...
-- 2019-05-25 14:09:38
A new train on Dhaka-Panchagarh route began its maiden journey on Saturday to give better services to the passengers of is route. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flagged off the 'Panchagarh Express' tra...
-- 2019-05-25 13:29:01
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the aim of her government is to improve the living standard of people and free the country from poverty. "We're taking Bangladesh to the trajectory of de...
-- 2019-05-25 13:19:37
At least three people were killed and four others injured in separate lightning strikes in Sirajganj and Natore districts early Saturday. In Sirajganj, two workers were killed and three others injure...
-- 2019-05-25 13:12:24
Police have arrested two Rohingya women just as they were about to board an international flight at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSAI) using forged Bangladeshi passports. Police said t...
-- 2019-05-25 12:58:37
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no three as squally weather is likely to affect the maritime ports, North Bay and adjoini...
FE Online Desk 2019-05-25 12:23:43
Around 1,950 metres of the much-hyped Padma bridge is now visible with the installation of the 13th span on Saturday. The 150-metre span weighing 3,140 tonnes was installed on pillars no 14 and...
-- 2019-05-25 12:10:44
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the much-awaited Second Meghna Bridge and the Second Gumti Bridge, aiming to reduce the plight of travellers on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway. The Prime Mi...
-- 2019-05-25 12:05:28
Two months after the formation of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union or DUCSU following a long-awaited election, it is far from fulfiling expectations of the students. Before the poll...
-- 2019-05-25 11:26:16
India has banned the Bangladesh-based terrorist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), according to the Press Information Bureau (PIB). The PIB announced the ban imposed by the home ministry...
-- 2019-05-25 10:58:24
The 120th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being celebrated in the country on Saturday in a befitting manner. Born on 25 May, 1899 at Churulia village in Burdwan district of...
Nazimuddin Shyamol 2019-05-25 10:31:38
Container handling of Chattogram Port is gradually increasing following rise in its capacity through procurement of new equipments. A total of 3,370 ships berthed at Chattogram seaport in 2017, while...
Siddique Islam 2019-05-25 10:03:56
The overall interest rate spread in the country's banking sector narrowed down slightly as commercial banks increased deposit rates while lending rates fell, officials said. The weighted average sp...
Syful Islam 2019-05-25 09:56:07
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) said costs and time of exports through the port have halved, but users disagree. The port operator made the claim while responding to a survey of the World Bank's...
Ismail Hossain 2019-05-25 09:52:33
Banks want an independent source for price verification of imported and exported goods and services so that they can check mis-invoicing to prevent trade-based money laundering, a survey has found....
FE Online Report 2019-05-24 20:29:03
Many rights groups on Friday formed a human chain in the city and placed a 17-point demand for safe road and public transport. Titled ‘Stop the unabated death on roads: ensure safe public trans...
-- 2019-05-24 20:27:45
Thirty-eight people were detained on Friday in Satkhira, Pabna and Laxmipur for their alleged involvement in leaking question paper of primary teacher recruitment test. In Satkhira, Rapid Action Batt...
-- 2019-05-24 19:26:22
Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat Commission has approved an estimated Tk 3.28 billion budget for parliament for its development and non-development expenditures for the next fiscal 2019-2020 (FY20). &n...
-- 2019-05-24 19:10:11
Three men were arrested on Friday for allegedly gang-raping a mother of two in Doalia village of Begumganj upazila in Noakhali on Thursday night. Police named the arrestees as Saiful Islam of Doalia...
-- 2019-05-24 19:05:56
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the much-awaited Second Meghna Bridge and the Second Gumti Bridge on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Saturday. “The Prime Minister will open the bri...
-- 2019-05-24 18:22:51
Police here on Thursday night arrested two people along with a SUV and 400 pieces of Yaba tablets from Khilgaon area in the city. The arrestees were identified as Nur Mohammad, 44, and his driver Md...
FE Online Report 2019-05-24 18:15:27
At least 64 women were sexually harassed across the country alone in the first four months of the current calendar year, as per data by a local legal aid and human rights body. The Ain o Salish Kendr...
-- 2019-05-24 18:00:53
Panchagarh Express, a direct train service on Panchagarh-Dhaka route, will begin its maiden journey on Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the train through a videoconfer...
-- 2019-05-24 17:43:54
More than 242,000 students who passed the school-leaving SCC and equivalent exams are yet to apply for college admission, according to the education board. Officials believe most of these students ar...
UNB 2019-05-24 16:38:34
Complaints about poor service quality against ridesharing companies are piling up because of mismanagement and abrasive manner of drivers, users and experts say. It is in stark contrast to the lofty...
-- 2019-05-24 16:14:13
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government is showing an inhuman attitude towards Khaleda by depriving her of legal rights. "The government is prolonging Khaled...
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